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02 May Venture Capitalist Kesha Cash Talks Closing the Funding Gap – Part 1
The number of African American venture capital investors is small, but growing. The good news is that many of these investors are entering the space looking to take strides in closing the wide funding gap that has traditionally kept minority startups at a competitive disadvantage.
30 Apr CEO: Financial Tech Needs More Diversity, and Disruptions Help
Technology is disrupting and transforming the financial world, but the financial tech industry needs a more diverse workforce if the resulting system is to be more inclusive of women and minorities, an entrepreneur told the eMerge Americas conference Tuesday.
30 Apr This Fund Will Invest In Startups That Aren’t Run By White Men In Big Cities
Between 2011 and 2013, companies with a female CEO got only 3% of the total venture capital dollars available. That’s $1.5 billion out of the total $50.8 billion invested in that two year period—a tiny slice of the pie. This year’s Crunchies, the Oscars for the tech community, had a new award category: the Diversity Include Award. Silicon Valley is as guilty as Hollywood for its lack of diversity.
29 Apr Code Tenderloin Connects Formerly Homeless With Tech Jobs
For almost two decades, U.S. Army veteran Del Seymour battled addiction and homelessness in San Francisco’s Tenderloin, a neighborhood long known for poor immigrants, drug use, displaced vets and makeshift shelters.